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Potassium - How to get 4g a day without a supplement?
I read something that people who has sensory over-stimultation (overwhelmed easily by noise, lights, sounds, tastes, etc), sensitive temperament, and hyperactive tendencies not only benefit from a low sugar and sodium diet, but they also benefit from getting enough Potassium because of an odd imbalance due to genetics.…
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Blackstrap Molasses - Healthy for you, but how to use it?
Saw this randomly when I was trying to think of ways to sneak iron into my wife's diet (she can't swallow pills and hates cereal) so anyone know how to use this stuff? Is it sweet or bitter?
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What is your experience with Lentils/Legumes?
On another thread of mine (which I hope dies finally), everyone kept saying how Legumes and Rice are a cheap way to eat "healthy" and get full on a budget; but I'm feeling otherwise and for good reasons. For one, that's a hell of a lot of starchy carbs so mentally I can't fathom how this is good when trying to…
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Magnesium Deficiency - Anxiety Disorder?
Anyone know the facts on this? Saw a pubmed that agreed that adhd and anxiety are linked to magnesium, just wanted to know if anyone read differently.
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Impossible to eat healthy when in debt
Don't get me wrong, I get food before the debt collectors get their $$$$; but it's hard to convince my wife that who is the controller of our finances (yet I'm the grocery shopper and the cook). Her goal is to be debt free, my goal is to be disease free; they seem to be conflicting with each other. The way I see it, I…
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Gluten
So I've been gluten/casein free for about 5 or 6 months now, but with Thanksgiving upon us and a mother and mother in law who just don't give a rat's butt that I have sensitivities, I have been caseined and glutened over the last two days. The casein screws with my sinus ducts and the gluten screws with my digestive system…
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Sugar gluttony, emotional eating, easy rewards
I have a weakness. Before I started my new food lifestyle I was a sugar glutton. Cakes, doughnuts, cookies, chocolate, candies, you name it, I was stuffing my face with it relentlessly. The dopamine/glutimate rush from the constant rewards coming in my mouth caused me to have mad ADHD symptoms and it caused my insulin…
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How bad is your Lactose Intolerance?
I can't slam yogurt, drink milk, enjoy ice cream, have cottage cheese, indulge in shakes, eat shredding cheese, or have milk chocolate without digestive issues (bloating, intestinal inflammation, GERD, etc) or constant flatulence or both. I have problems even after taking Lactase Enzyme supplements. What about you? How bad…
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Experts: How much should I eat?
Howdy folks, I wanted to offer a brief explanation for the locking of this thread. The forum guidelines include this item: If you would like to review the forum guidelines, please visit the following link: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/guidelines At our discretion, this locked thread may be deleted entirely in the…
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How soon strength improvements?
I just started doing core exercises and I am feeling like poop after only a few crunches and planks. How soon before it hurts less and I can do more reps or longer ones? A few days? A week? How fast do initial muscle fibers grow after a sedentary lifestyle and not using the muscle group worked out in several years?
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Eggs? Eat ALL the Eggs?
I eat only 1 egg yolk a day. What is the current science on egg consumption - cholesterol still the devil or is it safe?
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Recomposition question: How to rid belly fat?
Has anyone ever went from a big apple shape to flat stomach? What did it take? Long term Ketosis? Intermittent Fasting? Extensive Cardio and eating calories back? Heavy lifting? 30 Day Shred? Couch to 5k? Diet supplements? What is the best way to get rid of belly fat? Can it be done on diet alone? Can it be done on calorie…
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What exactly is "the core"?
What is it and should I focus on the core muscles first after 13 years of sedentary and being a video gaming bean pole?
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Extreme weakness due to years of neglect
I exercised yesterday on a 12 hour fast and today all the areas I exercised are sore. I haven't exercised in 13 years and my life is extremely sedentary, so every little bit of exercising I do is going to hurt; but how long does it take for it to stop hurting and what can I do to make sure that it's actually working and…
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Fish Frequency with evidence?
I am trying to convince my wife to allow me to cook the family fish 5 times a week or more but she wants evidence that the methyl mercury isn't going to make us all insane or sick. I've spent an hour looking for "credible" evidence to support my idea and she wants something more credible than Harvard health department. Can…
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Best way to get protein sans powder/shakes?
Oh and sans beans/grains too because they're so high in carbs/fiber. My best guess - Seeds, Nuts, Lean cuts of red meat, Fish, Eggs, Poultry, and some Veggies? What would you suggest?
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High protein and calorie deficit equal moar lbm?
Does eating 1 gram of protein per every kilogram of body weight at a calorie deficit only maintain lean body mass or does it build it too?
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Give me the lowdown on coconut plz?
I'm starting to open my mind up to the idea not all saturated fats are bad (though I read some where that saturated fats turn into trans fat and trans fat gunk up your arteries). So I eat Dark Chocolate and I don't live in fear of dying when I do. But coconuts are a concern of mine. They are REALLY high in saturated fat,…
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I <3 Seeds, who's with me?
Where have these things been for the first 30 years of my life?!?!?! :love: Organic milled flax seed, raw sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds all seem to take the cake for me right now. Turns out, I have a magnesium deficiency and after eating these guys in various serving sizes (and supplementing) I am feeling FABULOUS!…
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Posture
I'll admit it, I'm pressed for time so I'm being lazy and asking all of you instead, but does anyone have advice on how to correct years of bad posture? I enjoy the feeling of having oxygen in my diaphragm when I take deep breaths and I can't do it when my body is all slouched. Any ideas on how to correct this? Chest out,…
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Fish and Mercury Poisoning
I love fish, but because of mercury poisoning and heavy metal toxicity I eat it 3 times a week Max. What is your knowledge of mercury poisoning and fish? Am I being too limiting or am I doing it just right?
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Ener G Tapioca Loaf - Gluten Like Response
Anyone else have a gluten-like response to Ener G Tapioca Loaf? I had a slice of the bread today and felt like total and utter crap most of the day. Still unsure what ingredient set off the reaction. Cross contamination with the rice flour? Yeast? Baking Powder? Tapioca Starch? Ingredients: Filtered Water, Rice Flour,…
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Allergy Peeps: Do you ever feel ALONE?
I am lactose intolerant. I also have some kind of digestive system issue that makes legumes and long chain proteins wreck havoc in my intestines. When I tell people what I eat they say "why don't you eat (insert food that makes me sick)" and when I tell them that my digestive system HATES it, they don't get the hint that…
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"Natural Flavor" ingredient exposed?
http://www.skinnybliss.com/60-minutes-the-flavorists-addictive-flavors-of-the-artificial-flavor-industry-exposed.html What is your thoughts on this? Accurate or agenda? Fact or cherry picked facts or just flat out fiction? I am taking it as fact, explains why I (mostly clean eater) am not addicted to food and my wife…
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Sleeplessness, diet, and adhd and attitude
I have adhd. Or rather, there are times where adhd has me. I also have hypersensitivity and consider myself a highly sensitive person. Being adhd and an hsp doesn't bring me popularity; but I do my best to keep my disorderly conduct at bay. But this discussion is about diet, sleep, and how these two things affect people…
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Frozen Meat & Food Scale Question
Label says "4 oz serving" but is that raw or cooked? Also, ounces is so ambiguous, how do I convert to grams?
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Are Nutrition Label Servings Only For 2000 Diets?
This has probably already been answered before, but do the serving sizes on the nutrition labels signify the ACTUAL recommended serving that you should eat based on a human required consumption of the micronutritents included? Or are they just a dart throw at a board of portions or strategically measured to hide certain…
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Approaching My Fitness Range
I expect in the next few weeks I'll be finally at my ideal scale weight but now it's time to build some muscle and have some definition to show through my new slender limbs. The problem is, I am SOOOOO out of shape. I don't want to jump into something like the 30 day shred and just cause myself some injury because I don't…
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When The Sugar Addicts Attack You...
I have had my family "added sugar/sweetener" free for a few weeks now (since school started) because of the entire family having ADHD symptoms as a result of sugar intake. Even excessive fruit triggers this ADHD-like response so I have to watch how much fruit they have and I don't allow fruit juices. I'm a pretty fair guy,…
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Legumes and Lentils
Recently added Lentils to my diet for the cheap protein; but I'm noticing I'm retaining a lot more water because of the fiber... Like 3 lbs of water (weighed 150.2 in AM and went to bed weighing 155.8 then after BM weighed 152.8. So what what does the jury say about legumes and lentils? Eat 'em? Or ditch them?
